Showdown at the DMV

: Immigration to the US

The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.

Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees

Ben Lynfield : Israel

Abandoning Israel's longstanding commitment to those fleeing persecution, the Olmert government is deporting refugees back to Sudan, where they may face torture and death.

A Migrant Summit

Roberto Lovato

Immigration reform may have crashed in Washington, but a very different discussion of the same issues continues below the border.

Zyklon B on the US Border

Alexander Cockburn : Racism & Discrimination

A grim history lesson of what happened in the 1920s when fears of alien infection inflamed American eugenicists.

A New Green Card Deal

Mae M. Ngai : Racism & Discrimination

History is full of examples showing that policies designed to exclude immigrants are doomed to fail.

Exodus

Stephen Glain : Middle East

Iraq has prompted the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world, and it's threatening to destabilize the entire region.

Raw Deal on Immigration

: Immigration to the US

The Senate's "grand bargain" on immigration may be the best deal to be done in the present political climate, but it's still not good enough.

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis

Dahr Jamail : Middle East

The war in Iraq has caused one of the most severe refugee crises in history, and no one seems to be paying attention.

Veiled Intolerance

Richard Wolin : Islam & Muslims

A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.

Workers, Not Guests

David Bacon : Immigration to the US

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.

White Heat

Bob Moser : Immigration to the US

Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee, the unlikely symbol of the biggest American immigrant resettlement since the Industrial Revolution. It's also the white-hot nexus of the new American nativism.

What They're Marching For

Saurav Sarkar : Immigration to the US

With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and make significant gains.

A Shared Vision

Salim Muwakkil : Immigration to the US

The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined future.

A Bronx Tale

Michelle García : Immigration to the US

Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.

Voices of a New Movimiento

Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US

As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.

Mexico's Exodus: Blip on the Radar?

Nicholas von Hoffman : Immigration to the US

Declining birthrates in Mexico give the lie to American fears of an influx of immigrants. As birthrates plummet around the world, America's real problem may be a shortage, not a surfeit, of guest workers.

What Bush Got Right

Robert Scheer : Immigration to the US

Bush has taken a sensible stance on immigration, but his plummeting credibility will prevent people from embracing his proposals.

Yumi, Yumi, Yumi

Patricia J. Williams : Music

Why is it that We the People are so obsessed with whether singing our national anthem in Spanish is an affront to our union?

May Day, May Day

Saurav Sarkar : Labor & Immigration

Despite the loud and determined voice of immigrant communities for fair and just immigration reform, we have yet to see an acceptable proposal from Congress.

My Mother, the Illegal Alien

Robert Scheer : Labor & Immigration

As the May Day protests, they evoked memories of an earlier generation of immigrants who lived with the fear of deportation.

Immigrants and Us

Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.

Hard Times in the Big Easy

Gary Younge

The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.

The Palestinian Patient

Raja Shehadeh : Middle East

Gate of the Sun follows the odyssey of Palestinians driven to refugee camps in Lebanon by Israeli forces in 1948.

Realistic Immigration

Hilda Solis : State of the Union

Grant legal status to hard-working, tax-paying immigrants; give up the illusion that law enforcement alone will solve immigration problems.